The Geeks wanted to send out a Happy Fourth of July to our American readers!
Additionally, we wanted to thank all our loyal readers for sticking with us since we opened our blogging beta doors on July 5th, 2004… 7 years ago. Thank you!
With hype of the pending Apple announcements when WWDC kicks off Monday, we scoured the web looking for clues about OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud and found the following spoiler preview of iOS 5. Enjoy!
The Powermat Wireless Charging System for the iPhone provides iPhone users a protective case that also charges cable free. Powermat sent the Geeks a Wireless Charging System for both the iPhone 3G/3GS and the iPhone 4 and we put the case in the hands of some of our reviewers for a couple months to test in real world situations. One reviewer did accidentally drop their shiny new iPhone 4 on a concrete parking deck during the test… did the Powermat protect the device? What were the reviewers overall impressions of the Powermat iPhone case?
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In late 2009, the Geeks reviewed an Epson WorkForce 600 multipurpose printer/fax/scanner printer and we thought the WorkForce 600 was an excellent all-in-one printer. Fast forward a year and the Geeks received an Epson WorkForce 635 to review and several months and after testing every feature on the all-in-printer, we’re still impressed with the quality of prints, copies and scans not to mention the quality of the device.
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How would you like to carry a portable music studio with you? Using the Garageband App on the iPad, you can!
This next generation iPad app provides value by allowing iPad user’s to create music content rather than just consume by turning the iPad into a collection of touch instruments including Guitars, Basses, Keyboards and Drum Sets and use the app as a full-featured recording studio that allows you to mix up to eight tracks to create songs you can easily share.
The track layout allows you to trim and place musical regions exactly where you want them to play and fine-tune individual track volumes including turning the track into a solo or muting and adjusting pan, reverb and echo. Garageband also includes 250 professional prerecorded loops to enhance your song.
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Steve Jobs returned from his medical leave absence to show off the latest “insanely great” product by Apple – the iPad 2. Of course the audience provided Steve Jobs with a standing ovation when he came on stage and it’s good to see him looking fairly healthy, albeit a little thin.
Jobs started the announcement talking about Random House and their 17 thousand books are joining the other publishers to provide content for iBooks. Additionally, in less than 1 year, 100 million books have been downloaded.
Always wanting to show value for the App Store developers, Jobs then mentioned that Apple now has over 200 million Apple ID accounts with credit cards linked and ready to purchase using 1-click purchasing. He questioned whether Apple or Amazon had the most accounts with a linked credit card. Next he mentioned that over $2 billion has been paid to developers cumulatively. To further drive home his point of providing a marketplace with built in consumers for Apps, Jobs mentioned that over 100 million iPhones have been shipped.
With that out of the way, Jobs then started talking about the iPad 2…
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Feel like a wizard or witch with this Magic Wand Remote Controller for TV. Learning from your existing remote, the Magic Wand provides a baker’s dozen, that’s 13, magical functions such as flipping the channel with a flick of the wand or turning up the volume by twisting the wand.
The Magic Wand is compatible with most TV, DVR, DVD or Blu-ray Players or really just about anything with a remote.
As fewer and fewer muggles are born and the wizarding world expands, you must get a jump to begin using magic in your home.
Check out the video after the jump…
Buy now!
Price: $89.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
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Le Whif is perhaps the most perfect product ever made and has an awesome name to boot. Le Whif allows the weight conscience to inhale coffee or chocolate without the calories and guilt. You simply pop open the product, stick in your lips and inhale through your mouth. Sure it looks like you are enjoying a robusto cigar, but instead of smoke you are inhaling tiny molecules of yummy chocolate or tending to your coffee craving.
This product is not for use if your name is Bill Clinton.
Check out the video after the jump…
Buy now!
Price: $6.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
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Amazon has gifted free TV and Movie streaming for Amazon Prime Members.
Let’s look at the benefits of a paid Amazon Prime Membership:
1) Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping
2) No minimum order size
3) One-Day shipping for $3.99/item
4) UNLIMITED commercial-free, instant streaming of 5,000 movies and TV shows for FREE
All this for $79/year… compared to Netflix at $7.99/month for just free unlimited streaming, the Amazon Prime Membership is seemingly a steal of a deal at $16.88 less a year than Netflix with the additional shipping benefits. I’m not sure how to really compare the two libraries, but glancing around the libraries seemed fairly compatible.
Check out what Jeremy and Greg at LIVEdigitally have to say about the new competition for Netflix.
If you read the review Monday of My New iPad: A User’s Guide and are interested in winning a free copy, the Geeks are giving away a copy of the book.
It’s simple to win! First, make sure you are one of our valuable subscribers to our weekly newsletter. This is good idea to catch our content in a digest in email and will provide eligibility for future contests — and we have some cool giveaways queuing up!
Once you are eligible, there are not one, not two but THREE ways to enter the contest. Not only are there THREE ways to enter, but you can better your chances by entering all THREE ways.
Ways to enter:
1) Comment: the easiest is to comment to this post.
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Hurry up and enter. We’ll pick a winner on March 1st and announce!
